John Pototschnik

{"Id":7458,"Name":"John Pototschnik","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003EContact Info:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Pototschnik (poe-toe-sh-nick)\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E972-442-5109\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWebsite:\u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.pototschnik.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.pototschnik.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBlog: \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.pototschnik.com/blog/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.pototschnik.com/blog/\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEmail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john@pototschnik.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ejohn@pototschnik.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EMany people believe that we artists have known from a very young age that we were going to become artists...and that a good deal of our childhood was spent drawing. That\u0027s far from the case with me. I recall having little exposure to the arts while growing up. It wasn\u0027t until college that I had any awareness art could actually be a career.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EI was born in St. Ives, Cornwall, England at the end of WWII. My mother was a British war bride who brought me to America aboard the Queen Mary. We were reunited with my father in Wichita, KS, where he\u0027d gone upon discharge from the service to set up a home for us. I did draw some as a child but mostly I liked to build things, in particular model cars and airplanes. There was always the sound of fine music playing in our home. This encouraged me to take up an instrument-the trumpet. I played my trumpet in bands beginning in elementary school continuing through high school.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EIt wasn\u0027t until as a junior in college that I became serious about art (drawing and painting). At this time I began to be absorbed in the work of famous illustrators. It was virtually impossible to find comprehensive art instruction in the 1960\u0027s in colleges. Thus, I graduated with very little trained ability.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EHaving gone through the Air Force ROTC program in college, I was assigned to the Space and Missile Systems Organization in El Segundo, CA as an information officer upon graduation. At night I took classes at the Art Center College, studying under David Negron and Sam McKim. Newly married when discharged from the Air Force in 1972, I moved to Dallas where I worked as a freelance illustrator for ten years.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EEven as a young student in college I was told \u0022you can\u0027t make a living in fine art.\u0022 Despite this, in 1982 I made the decision to try. Since that time, I have been blessed with many collectors buying my works, both public and private. In addition I am frequently invited to judge art shows, to teach, and to speak to various art organizations. In 1992, I was awarded the John Steven Jones Fellowship and studied human anatomy under Deane Keller, and painting with Dan Gheno at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EMy artistic influences are diverse. They range from the Barbizon painters of Corot, Daubigny and Millet, to the American tonalist, George Inness. It is my belief that all I need to know of the principles of art are to be found in the works of the Masters. My paintings are not flamboyant, not mysterious, not trendy, nor are they shocking. I am interested in depicting the truth about life, as I see it, in a naturalistic way - free of frills and bravado. I enjoy painting simple, common, everyday life and objects as things of beauty and worth. Through continued hard work, I strive to show the dignity and value of the subjects I paint. I hope to give to society paintings that transcend the culture and its ever changing tastes...paintings that speak to the heart.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESelected honors and awards:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EPast president of Artists and Craftsmen Associated and the Plano Art Association\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EWinner of four George Washington Honor Medals from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge (1984, 1986, 1992, 1995)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EJohn Steven Jones Fellowship (1992)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EARC International Salon (1st Place Landscape, 2004; 3rd Place Landscape, 2011; Finalist: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010-2013, 2015-2017; PleinAir Magazine award, 2014; Honorable Mention, 2016-2017)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EOil Painters of America National Show (Silver Medal, 2018)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EOil Painters of America Western Regional (3rd Place, 2010)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EOutdoor Painters Society \u0022Plein Air Southwest Salon\u0022 (Best of Show, Southwest Art Magazine award - 2013; Award of Excellence - 2014, 2017; Honorable Mention - 2015 - 2016)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EWho\u0027s Who in American Art\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EWho\u0027s Who in the Southwest\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EWork has appeared in \u003Cem\u003EThe Artist\u0027s Magazine, Southwest Art, American Artist, Plein Air Magazine, American Art Collector, International Artist, Western Art Collector\u003C/em\u003E, plus seven books.....\u003Cem\u003EThe Best of Portrait Painting; 200 Great Painting Ideas for Artists; Expressing the Visual Language of the Landscape; 100 Ways to Paint Landscapes; 100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens; 100 Ways to Paint Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes; and, Art Journey America: Landscapes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/em\u003E \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EIn 2017, Liliedahl Art Videos released a 15 hour instructional video: \u003Cem\u003ELimited Palette Landscapes\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EHe is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America and a Master Signature Emeritus of the Outdoor Painters Society. In 2013 he was recognized by the Art Renewal Center as an Associate Living Master, and in 2018 was named a Living Master.\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003C/ul\u003E","HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":50}